Chapter 122: Hostages

The soldiers who reported the news went for more than a quarter of an hour, and the rest were more than twenty paces away with their swords unsheathed and surrounded the pavilion. After a while another group of people came, adding up to about forty. Li Bochen secretly thought that this should have summoned all the soldiers who could be gathered in the yamen for a while.

But these people are like mustard to him. With his current soldiers and armor, if he really moves, he can kill them in a quarter of an hour.

From here to the inner house, there are only about 100 steps in total, Sui Yilian is still in the future at this time, probably in contact with the Shenwei Iron Cavalry - when he was listening outside the wall, the sentry in the corner of the wall said this.

Shenwei Iron Rider is a bit troublesome. Shenwei Cavalry is the elite of the town army, and I heard that the selection needs to be in the spiritual realm and born with good strength. Both men and horses are dressed in heavy armor, and incantations are etched on the armor, which can withstand many spells. But Li Bochen had only heard of it before, but he had never really seen it.

It's not a big deal, though. Although this courtyard is large, there are not enough men and horses to charge, so the power of the divine power is half small. If they dismount and fightβ€”he is not arrogant, but he does not feel that he will be his opponent.

Some of the soldiers around him recognized him, some not. But after talking to his companions, he knew it, and then showed fear on his face. And Sui Ziang relied on his waist strength and turned around for himself, probably because he didn't want these soldiers to see his embarrassed appearance.

Li Bochen sat quietly in the pavilion, listening to the wind and snow howling in his ears, and couldn't help but sigh lowly. If you can get out of here tonight, you will be wanted in the Sui Congress in the future. When he was in Infinite City, he had thought that he would one day become famous in the world, but he didn't expect it to be in this way.

At this moment, the sound of iron armor colliding was heard. Then I saw a man dressed in a big hat walking quickly through the moon gate, followed by twenty armor soldiers with guns.

Looking at the look on his face, Li Bochen guessed that the person was Sui Yilian. Sure enough, the government soldiers separated a way for him, and he was squeezed out of the way by the armor. Sui Yilian stopped and shouted, "Li Bochen!"

Li Bochen sneered: "Exactly." ”

Sui Yilian gritted his teeth and glared: "What are you going to do!?"

Li Bochen smiled again: "Sui Yilian, you don't have to talk nonsense at this time, you naturally know what I want." The Tao family, Ye Yinghong, did you bring it?"

Sui Yilian drank again: "Ziang!"

It must be because of the old eyes that I can't see clearly. Li Bochen stood up and lifted Sui Ziang up: "Here." ”

When Sui Yilian saw Sui Ziang's appearance, he was stunned for a moment, then staggered back, and his voice trembled: "You...... You...... How dare youβ€”"

Before he finished speaking, Li Bochen pulled out a short sword from his waist and stabbed it into Sui Ziang's heart at once. The tip of the sword came out of the chest, and when Sui Yilian saw it, he immediately wanted to pounce up, and shouted bitterly in his mouth: "My son!!"

Sui Ziang's body swayed straight, like a fish out of water. A hundred generals with red tassels on his helmet beside Sui Yilian grabbed his arm and stopped him. Li Bochen glanced at the hundred generals, pulled out the short sword, threw Sui Ziang on the ground, and looked at Sui Yilian again: "Ling Gongzi has suffered an evil law, and he is already half human and half demon." Such an injury will kill him, but if I come a few more times, it will be difficult to say. Sui Yilian, within a dozen numbers, brought four people to me. Otherwise, after a number, I will insert a swordβ€”one!"

Sui Yilian burst into tears, and he didn't care about saying anything more, so he just said: "Bring it! Bring it up!"

The soldiers were busy separating another way, and the four people were tied up and escorted to the front.

Li Bochen's heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly took a closer look-none of the four were wearing prison clothes, but their clothes were all tattered. He saw it clearly, not as if it had been worn and bruised, but as if it had been broken by a whip.

The faces of the four of them were bloodstained, Ye Yinghong stood extremely upright, her momentum was no different from when she first met, and even nodded and smiled at him. Tao Wenbao stood in the snow, his hair was scattered, and his face was slightly happy. Tao Chunxi stood beside him, pursed his lips tightly and did not speak, but the light in his eyes flickered, and he should have wanted to cry. Tao Dingchen is still a child after all, even if he is small and bold, he can't help but be afraid at this time. But when he saw Li Bochen, he immediately shouted: "Master!"

Li Bochen couldn't help but feel sour and ashamed when he heard his voice. At the beginning, he received the apprenticeship of this child, but the time they got along was very short, and he didn't have any deep affection here, but it was his sister who thought more about it a few days ago. But now, this child has a deep affection for himself.

But what Li Bochen was afraid of was that others saw that there was such a thing as "deep affection", so he said: "Dingchen, a manly man, don't be afraid." ”

Tao Dingchen pursed his lips, snorted twice, and then stopped talking.

Sui Yilian said at this time: "Hand over Ziang back...... They'll give it to you!"

Li Bochen smiled: "Give me people first, and then I'll hand them over, dozens of people are surrounding me here, what are you afraid of?"

Sui Yilian should have felt sorry for Sui Ziang, and he couldn't care about anything, so he immediately said: "Okay-give him someone!"

The government soldiers on the side were about to loosen their ties. But Sui Yilian's side suddenly said, "Slow." ”

Sui Yilian said angrily: "What are you going to do again!?"

The hundred generals said: "Fujun, when I came, the general told me that this trip was for Sui Wu's rebellion against the party. Since this is the case, it is not necessary to abolish the public for personal gain. If these four people are indeed against the party, and you hand them over at this time, how can I explain them?"

Sui Yilian was stunned, probably didn't expect this hundred to say such things. But just as he was about to speak, the hundred generals looked at Li Bochen again and said, "Are you Li Bochen? I heard that you worked for the Duke of Chebei, and you used to serve in the army in Wuliang City?"

These twenty Shenwei cavalrymen were heavily armored all over their bodies, and their faces were also protected, so they couldn't see what they looked like. Li Bochen didn't expect this person to come out at this time, but he still secretly told himself not to be impatient, and said, "Exactly." ”

The hundred generals thought for a while: "I heard that there are five tiger generals in the Infinite Army. ”

When he had said this, he said no more. Li Bochen was stunned, but still smiled: "Yes." I have listed one of them. ”

The hundred generals sighed: "I see. ”

Then he raised his hand to lift the protective face and said, "The last general, Pei Song, has seen General Li." ”

This person was born quite delicately, and it really couldn't be connected with the heavy armor on his body. He reported his name, but Li Bochen didn't recognize him, and he didn't know what he was going to do for a while. But listening to him and looking at his expression, he was very calm and calm, and seemed to have no hostility.

Pei Song said again: "Pei Jin, the capital of Wuliang City, is my cousin. ”

Li Bochen was stunned, and after a closer look, he did find that he was slightly similar to Pei Jin.

Pei Song put down the face guard again and said, "My brother once mentioned the general, saying that the general is a general and has a righteous temperament. But when I heard about the general from the mouths of others, I felt that it was not the same person as what my brother saidβ€”General Li, are these four really the rebels against the party?"

Li Bochen's heart jumped. The "others" he said should refer to Sui Yilian. He thought for a moment and said, "No." These four people are ordinary people, and the cause of this incident now is just because a womanizer can't take it by force, so he plans to plant it and destroy it. As for me, it doesn't matter if it's Sui Wuyi's party or not. ”

Sui Yilian was furious: "Nonsense!"

But Pei Song thought for a while and said, "Okay, I believe the general's words." But these four people may be ordinary people, but General Li, you have not denied that you are doing things for Chebei Gong - a few days ago, there was a rumor in the camp that Chebei Gong had supported troops and rebelled. The duty is where the last general can't call the general away. ”

Sui Yilian was just angry, and at this time he was even more angry when he heard Pei Song's words: "You! Shut up!!"

Sui Yilian should be afraid that he would listen to Pei Song's words, and use Sui Ziang as a threat, or even regret it. Li Bochen smiled in his heart. But not only did he not want to regret it at this time, but he felt a little relieved and had another idea.

Then he said: "General Pei wants to keep me? I'm afraid it will take a lot of trouble." But when I was in Wuliang City, Commander Pei Jin took care of me a lot, and since you are his brother, I don't want to meet you with your sword soldiers. General Pei, as long as you promise me one thing, I will stay. ”

Pei Song said: "Please speak." ”

"Please send five people and escort them out of Zhangcheng to a place they feel safe. ”

When he said this, he immediately heard two "don't". One was made by Ye Yinghong, and the other was sent by Tao Chunxi. Then Tao Wenbao said: "General Li, you don't have to be for us-"

Li Bochen smiled: "Sister Hong, Chunxi, Mr. Tao, Dingchen, this is the best way." If you really think about me, don't say anything more. ”

looked at Pei Song again: "How?"

Pei Song was silent for a moment before he said, "The general believes me like this?"

Ignorant of life, Li Bochen really didn't fully believe him. But listening to him and watching him do things, I feel that this person seems to be very upright and peaceful. And now in this situation, it is difficult to take the four of them out safely - because he only knew before that everything was set up by Xu Cheng, the head of the conference.

If he were Xu Cheng, he would make it impossible for anyone here to leave. But asking the Shenwei Iron Horse to escort them away, Xu Cheng may not have a way, and he may not dare to think of a way.

He said, "I'd rather believe it once." ”

Pei Song sighed: "I know why you got into such trouble. ”

But he shouted in a low voice: "Zuo Wuwei listens to the order! Send these four people to the place they want to go, and after three days, come back to pay the order!"

Then five people shouted in unison: "Order!"

This voice was quite imposing, completely different from the surrounding government soldiers. Even in the immeasurable city, it can be regarded as an elite army. Li Bochen felt a little relieved again, and listened to Pei Song say again: "General, please rest assured." My brothers have all made an alliance with blood in the name of the emperor, and if the general believes me, he can trust them. ”

Li Bochen nodded and went to see Tao Chunxi. Tao Chunxi was also looking at him. She bit her lip, her eyes were full of tears, but she didn't speak, I don't know if it was because she didn't want to divide her mind because she had just heard what she said.

Li Bochen sighed. After listening to Ye Chengchou's words in the stone cave before, his feelings for Tao Chunxi in his heart were much lighter. But when I think of this farewell, I will probably never see each other again in this life, and I still feel a little sour in my heart.

In any case, she is the first woman in the world to call herself a little sincere.

Sui Yilian was able to accept such conditions, and seemed to be afraid that Li Bochen would change his mind again, so he hurriedly said: "Hurry, hurry! Release people, release people!"

The four of them were quickly untied, and the five armorers grabbed an arm and immediately pulled them away. But Tao Wenbao finally shouted: "Engong, take care!"

Li Bochen arched his hand to him.

After they disappeared into the Moon Gate, Sui Yilian was anxious: "Li Bochen, hand over someone!"

Li Bochen sat down again and said in a deep voice: "Don't worry. Wait another two quarters of an hour. ”

Sui Yilian was about to speak, but Li Bochen threw the short sword and stuck it next to Sui Ziang's face. Sui Yilian immediately shut up.

For a while, there were no voices, only the wind and snow howling. But after a while, the faint neighing of people and horses in the street could be heard again. The snow was still falling, and the heads and shoulders of the people outside the pavilion were covered with a layer. The soldiers gradually felt unbearable cold and began to rub their hands and stomp their feet, but the fifteen Shenwei armored soldiers did not move like sculptures. Sui Yilian didn't move, his eyes stared straight at Sui Ziang in the pavilion, his lips trembling and trembling.

Li Bochen stared at him for a while, and then said, "Fu Jun is wondering, is he in pain, cold, and hungry?" ”

Sui Yilian took a deep breath, raised his hand to wipe his face, glanced at Li Bochen, his face sank, and he didn't answer him.

Li Bochen sighed and said, "Although I don't have children, I have some friends and comrades-in-arms. Watching them die one after another beside me made me feel very uncomfortable. It is also human nature for things to hurt their kind. ”

After a moment of silence, he said, "It's been almost a quarter of an hour." ”

Pei Song spoke: "Almost." ”

Li Bochen stood up, grabbed Sui Ziang's breastplate and lifted him up, and pulled off the cloth that stuffed his mouth.

Sui Ziang snorted a few times and said sharply: "Li Bo-"

But before the word "Chen" could be spoken, Li Bochen swung his short sword and cut off his head.